Steven Langnas

Steven E. Langnas (born May 19, 1956 in Philadelphia ) is an American-Swiss rabbi .

Langnas attended high school in Philadelphia and then studied at Yeshiva University in New York and Jerusalem , where he met his Swiss wife. From 1990 to 1998 Langnas worked as a teacher, assistant rabbi and second cantor in the Basel Israelite community . From 1 July 1998 to 2011 he was the successor of Yitzhak Ehrenberg community rabbi of the Jewish community of Munich . Langnas was also a member of the Standing Committee of the European Rabbinical Conference .

Langnas is married and has three children. After working as a community rabbi, he takes care of pastoral care in the Saul-Eisenberg retirement home of the Israelite religious community. He is also a lecturer at the Chair of Religious Education at the Catholic Theological Faculty of the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich . In 2018 he was awarded the Manfred Görg Prize for his initiative in the Munich Teaching House of Religions .

Individual evidence

↑ Miryam Gümbel: “I need you all.” New rabbi calls on the religious community to unity. In: Süddeutsche Zeitung of December 22, 1998, p. L3.
^ Franziska Brüning: painful farewell. Rabbi Steven Langnas leaves Munich. In: Süddeutsche Zeitung of June 25, 2011, p. R3.
↑ Miryam Gümbel: The consequent. Rabbi Steven Langnas turned 50. In: Jüdische Allgemeine, June 15, 2006.
↑ Departure. In: tacheles.ch of April 8, 2011.
↑ Website of the IKG Munich
↑ Person page on the faculty homepage
↑ Tolerance must be in the heart. In: Hello Munich. Breu & Schneider GmbH Verlag und Werbeagentur, July 30, 2018, accessed on October 1, 2018 (an interview by Romy Ebert-Adeikis on the occasion of the presentation of the Manfred Görg Prize).
↑ Alois Bierl: Manfred Görg Prize of the "Friends of Abraham" - Curious about interreligious dialogue. In: mk online (Münchner Kirchenzeitung). Sankt Michaelsbund / Diözesanverband München und Freising eV, September 24, 2018, accessed on October 1, 2018 .

Web links

Rabbi Steven E. Langnas. In: ordonline.de. Orthodox Rabbinical Conference (ORD); accessed on April 23, 2018

personal data
SURNAME	Langnas, Steven
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Langnas, Steven E.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American-Swiss rabbi
DATE OF BIRTH	May 19, 1956
PLACE OF BIRTH	Philadelphia

[1] Miryam Gümbel: “I need you all.” New rabbi calls on the religious community to unity. In: Süddeutsche Zeitung of December 22, 1998, p. L3.

[2] Franziska Brüning: painful farewell. Rabbi Steven Langnas leaves Munich. In: Süddeutsche Zeitung of June 25, 2011, p. R3.

[3] Miryam Gümbel: The consequent. Rabbi Steven Langnas turned 50. In: Jüdische Allgemeine, June 15, 2006.

[4] Departure. In: tacheles.ch of April 8, 2011.

[5] Website of the IKG Munich

[6] Person page on the faculty homepage

[7] Tolerance must be in the heart. In: Hello Munich. Breu & Schneider GmbH Verlag und Werbeagentur, July 30, 2018, accessed on October 1, 2018 (an interview by Romy Ebert-Adeikis on the occasion of the presentation of the Manfred Görg Prize).

[8] Alois Bierl: Manfred Görg Prize of the "Friends of Abraham" - Curious about interreligious dialogue. In: mk online (Münchner Kirchenzeitung). Sankt Michaelsbund / Diözesanverband München und Freising eV, September 24, 2018, accessed on October 1, 2018 .